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missa en · NOUN

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin missa (“mass”).

Meanings

  1. a mass, in the sense of a composition setting several sung parts of the liturgical service (most often chosen from the ordinary parts Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Agnus Dei and/or Sanctus) to music, notably when the text in Latin is used (as long universally prescribed by Rome)